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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen harshly criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the European Parliament on Wednesday, as Orbán held his hard line on migration into the bloc. Taking aim at Orbán’s approach to migration, von der Leyen asked the Hungarian premier why he released early more than a thousand convicted people smugglers and human traffickers. “This is not fighting illegal migration in Europe,” von der Leyen said in her speech. “This is just throwing problems over your neighbour’s fence.” Orbán was in the French city of Strasbourg to address to the EU leg…

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